Head coach · Louisville 2010–13
Charlie Strong
37–15at Louisville
Career 74–53 (58.3%) at 4 programs, 2004–2019
Born August 2, 1960 · Central Arkansas '82
Among Louisville's full-time coaches: Win rate 1st/13 · Ranked wins 4th/13 · Bowl wins 1st/13 · Weeks ranked 2nd/13 · NFL picks a year 3rd/13 · Average SP+ 2nd/12
Every Stop
Strong's head-coaching career, program by program. Louisville against everywhere else; SRS shows the team Strong inherited against the one left behind.
| Program | Years | Record | Win % | Conf | Bowls | Wks ranked | Peak | Avg SP+ | SRS in → out | NFL picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FloridainterimSEC | 2004 | 0–1 | 0.0% | — | — | 10 | #11 | +17.1 | — | 3 |
 LouisvilleAmerican Athletic | 2010–13 | 37–15 | 71.2% | 20–9 | 3–1 | 32 | #7 | +13.2 | −6.4 → +12.3 | 8 (3 1st) |
 TexasBig 12 | 2014–16 | 16–21 | 43.2% | 12–15 | 0–1 | 4 | #11 | +7.8 | +9.7 → +2.6 | 7 (1 1st) |
 South FloridaAmerican Athletic | 2017–19 | 21–16 | 56.8% | 11–13 | 1–1 | 18 | #16 | −0.3 | +7.2 → −8.3 | 2 |
Share of games won. The dashed line is .500. Tap a season for its numbers.
What the Numbers Say
Measured from every Louisville game Strong coached, plus CFBD's ratings, polls, recruiting, and draft data. Red marks a strength, steel a weakness.
37–15 at Louisville; 37–37 at Texas, South Florida (interim stints aside).
2010 against the team inherited: +16.3 SP+, +10.1 SRS.
Louisville went 4–8 the year before Strong arrived (2009); 2013 finished 12–1.
Opponents ranked at kickoff; 2 wins in 3 tries. Best: #9 Florida, 33–23 (2012).
54% in games decided by 8 points or fewer.
1 loss as a 7+ point favorite. Lines cover 2013 on.
11–5 in regular-season games from November on; 23–9 before.
Covered 46% of lined games. Lines cover 2013 on.
Average recruiting class rank against average SP+ finish, 4 Louisville seasons.
Actual wins minus the wins the underlying stats projected, 4 Louisville seasons.
3 in the first round, in the drafts after 4 Louisville seasons (2.0 a year).
Peaked at #7. 2 final top-25 finishes.
Against Kentucky, 4 meetings.
Situational Record
The Louisville record cut every way the data allows. Ranks are the poll at kickoff; favorites come from the betting line, which starts in 2013.
Where
Who
When
Expectations
The next week
The Week After
Every win over a ranked team, and the game that came next: 0–1 in the follow-up.
Best Wins, Worst Losses
Best wins lead with ranked opponents, then bowls. Worst losses are the upsets: losing as the betting favorite (2013 on), as a ranked team to an unranked one, or to a lower-division opponent.
Signature wins
Every Game
All 52 Louisville games under Strong, one tile each. Longest winning streak: 9; longest losing streak: 3. Tap a tile for the game.
Season by Season
Every season of the career. Louisville rows are marked in red.
| Year | Team | Record | Conf | Bowl | Final | SP+ | SRS | Recruiting | NFL picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | South Florida | 4–8 | 2–6 | — | — | −9.8 | −8.3 | #77 | 0 |
| 2018 | South Florida | 7–6 | 3–5 | 0–1 | — | −1.2 | −11.0 | #65 | 0 |
| 2017 | South Florida | 10–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | #21 | +10.2 | +8.9 | #76 | 2 |
| 2016 | Texas | 5–7 | 3–6 | — | — | +10.6 | +2.6 | #7 | 1 |
| 2015 | Texas | 5–7 | 4–5 | — | — | +3.7 | +2.3 | #10 | 1 |
| 2014 | Texas | 6–7 | 5–4 | 0–1 | — | +9.0 | +5.8 | #17 | 5 |
| 2013 | Louisville | 12–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | #15 | +24.2 | +12.3 | #36 | 4 |
| 2012 | Louisville | 11–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | #13 | +10.5 | +5.4 | #45 | 0 |
| 2011 | Louisville | 7–6 | 5–2 | 0–1 | — | +7.2 | +1.7 | #27 | 1 |
| 2010 | Louisville | 7–6 | 3–4 | 1–0 | — | +10.9 | +3.7 | #44 | 3 |
| 2004 | Florida | 0–1† | — | — | — | +17.1 | +13.3 | #5 | 3 |
† Part of the season: the coach took over midway, left before the bowl, or was let go.
Careers from CFBD's coaching records, which cover FBS seasons from 1962 on. Louisville games come from the game archive, credited to whoever coached them. Recruiting is the team's class rank that year; NFL picks are the draft that followed the season.